How I love...

...Trendy Trees!!

It was one of the first sets I bought from the new catalogue and I *Heart* it soooo much!
Now I've got the wheel too, I'm in my element!

Ok, so It's Monday and that means its the last easel card *sniff*. I think I'll make some of my crimble cards like this, so easy to do in batches.

I went for a slightly bigger size for this one and used ribbon to keep the 'easel' part up.

I hope you've enjoyed the start of the mini series as much as I have making them!

Here are the cards all lined up (Please excuse the creased backdrop in my light tent!)

The next set will start on Wednesday, make sure to pop over!

Thanks for stopping by,
take care.
x

2nd easel card...

... means that my Mini blog series is officially under way!

I hope you enjoy them as much as I've enjoyed my new little challenge - don't forget to bookmark and come back on Monday for the final easel card.

So, the second easel card I made is for my friend Michelle, who's birthday is coming up. Happy Birthday sweetie x

I love this stamp set sooo much, you can do a lot with cupcakes {a not just eat them!!}

I decided to use a strip of regal rose with the eyelet border punch instead of a full mat and layer, I like! Think it adds just a little bit more interest. What do you think?

I'm up for trying out new ideas as I tend to stick to the 'norm'.

Now, don't forget about the Christmas extravaganza offer Stampin' Up! are offering at the moment up to the 29th of December. Spend £45 or more on the supplies in the leaflet and receive a free tag punch! Now that's my favourite price !


And what's great is, if you spend £90, the reward is not capped! You can then pick another - there are two sizes to go for! And we don't just offer free products at special times of the year, we offer them all year round, contact me for details.

Any questions drop me an e-mail, I don't bite!

Thanks for stopping by,
take care.
x

Convention swaps...

... Give me so many new ideas!

So, as I was saying in my last post we got so many fabulous swaps from the other Stampin' Up! demo's at convention that I just have to share them with you!

What I've decided to do is have a look through all my swaps and design a card (or two) using either the stamp set, technique or colour scheme from that swap.

So my first one is an easel card, I've been meaning to give this a try for a couple of weeks now so this was the first one I picked! It's easy to do but looks so effective.

Now, unfortunately this swap didn't have any contact details from the designer, so if this is yours, please comment and I will add your name to the post. It's so gorgeous, you really do need credit for it.

The set used here is 'Good Friend' - I love this set so much and need to use it more!


My take on this is using the 'Sparkly and bright' set, I've used it to death, but love it more each time ! I wanted to go for non-traditional Christmas colours and this is what I came up with.


The 'easel' part is kept up using brads, I've seen it done with ribbon, fabric flowers and even sentiments on punched circles etc. There are so many different ways to do this.


I hope you like it, Saturday I will post another easel card so make sure you stop by.

Take care
x